A former cartel operative could face the death penalty if convicted of new charges in the U.S. Jose Rodolfo Villareal-Hernandez, also known as "El Gato" (The Cat), faces a murder-for-hire charge related to a 2013 case in Texas. If convicted, he could receive the death penalty, CBS News noted.
The outlet added that "El Gato" ordered the killing of men responsible for the death of his father. It cited Paul Coggins, a former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas, who detailed that a rival cartel was "responsible for the death of the defendant's father" when he was part of the Beltran Leyva cartel.
